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Equitable Compensation Playbook

A playbook for HR and reward professionals in international NGOs who want to rethink pay policy. It aims to help organisations reduce pay inequality, including gaps between national and international staff, and make reward more transparent. It comes with a companion Excel worksheet, a video on how to use it and a podcast discussion. Organisations use it to review their current approach and plan changes to compensation policy and practice.

Why it is in the libraryBuilt with HR leads from more than 20 INGOs, it gives principles, a self-assessment and a worksheet for closing pay gaps between national and international staff.

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Humentum (2024). Equitable Compensation Playbook. https://humentum.org/resources/equitable-compensation-playbook/

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